Animated "Super Mario Bros" Movie Coming

Back in 1993, Nintendo agreed to let its characters be used in a live-action "Super Mario Bros" movie. The result was very disappointing as the movie grossed only $21 million on a budget of $48 million.

But according to leaked emails coming out of Sony Pictures, the studio signed a deal with Nintendo to make a Mario animated film. This deal was made as early as October of this year.

Very little is known about the project, except that producer Avi Arad (Spider-Man) is the man behind the negotiations. Stay tuned.

20 years ago I would've said yes, if this had been directly from the animated show!!!! But that was so long ago, when bowser was referred to as 'Koopa'...I think it's going to suck!! All audiences seemed to want back when the live action film was made was some fantasy elements made real in the film...for instance instead of firepower enabled by a star or flower, we got goombas shooting fireballs from guns...where it ended was comical, the fungus king turned back into human or dinosaur I dunno, princess daisy NOT peach ends up with luigi, and lead us to believe Koopa THEN turns into bowser...having kids watch the animated show seeing mario turn more powerful as he touches a star and then totally strip everyone of a fantasy like that in a real world obviously killed whatever the film intended...I would suggest keeping things real to the game[s] as people want to see power ups AND those powers used, but not overdone, just enough to leave you wanting more but satisfied for the time being